Toxins had RULED my life for the past 15 years. It took me several years to discover why my life had suddenly gotten out of control. As I look back, I realize now my illness was a slow progression that I ignored or brushed off until it consumed my daily life.
The turning point was when I awoke for work one morning and thought I had just finished a fifth of tequila. Now friend, realize I have never finished off a fifth of anything so I am just imagining what that would feel like. The room was spinning so fast that I had a hard time making it back to bed. Wow! What a ride!
This was my introduction to VERTIGO!
Things went downhill from there. After eating certain foods, I would find myself shortly off to an early tuck-in. The light would hurt my eyes and my stomach was in constant turmoil.
Over the course of the next several months certain foods and beverages would cause me to want to crawl out of my skin from uncontrollable itching.
Then to top it off, I would randomly get bloody noses. Imagine, teaching in front of 32 teenagers in a classroom with a bloody nose can be eventful to say the least.
I finally said enough is enough, or maybe it was my husband that said that. While self-diagnoses can be fun, it can also make one feel they are lost in” The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland”.
After consulting a doctor who practices alternative functional medicine, I found out I was a walking garbage truck. REALLY! Everything I thought was good for me was MY ENEMY!
A food sensitivity test showed everything I LOVED was prohibited. OK, I had a hard time saying loved in past tense. I still dream of eating those foods to this day. Everything I craved had to be eliminated. Friend, I could live on pasta and white cheddar cheese popcorn alone.
Bye! Bye! Processed foods, carbohydrates, sweets and hello God’s real foods.
Why was I being affected by all these things and those around me were not? I found out when a person has an excessiveness of BOLD TOXINS it impairs one’s ability to detoxify.
My liver was not releasing toxins nor absorbing nutrients from the food I ate. My body also had a high level of candida – yeast. So, I began the process of detoxifying following the candida diet and taking several natural supplements.
Would I want to relive this journey?
Heck, no! But if you can relate to this story and are ready to take action get ready! Get ready for feeling like you have the chronic flu. Oh, I forgot you probably already feel like that so it isn’t much different.
Get ready for friends and family to think you just began following the new “health” craze. Or think you just developed an eating disorder and are too afraid to talk to you as you begin to lose weight as your body is adjusting to the change.
Get ready to listen to your body. I have to admit this was a challenge for me. Through the midst of this journey I had begun running half marathons and had signed up for my first marathon.
I had dropped to a body weight I hadn’t seen since my teens. The saddle from my nickname “saddle butt” had disappeared. One perk I admit I was ecstatic about!
It was my precious friends and God hitting me on the head that helped me realize I didn’t have to keep up with them and it was all right if I was not able to be a part of “OUR” first marathon.
So, I switched to the half marathon. On race day we began the run together and approximately 4 miles into the run the road forked with full marathon runners going to the right and half marathon runners going to the left. Quick hugs and words of encouragement were exchanged before we went our separate ways. Being completing at peace with my choice, I walked the rest of the way and was able to enjoy the remainder of the course from a whole new perspective. I was no longer worried about time, pace or being with my friends, but instead saw my surroundings through the eyes of Jesus.
I felt the joy, pain and determination of the runners around me. Beautiful architectural buildings and houses lined the streets. The massive crowd cheered and encouraged the runners to complete their challenge. It was then I realized sometimes we have to be humbled to see the beauty around us.
Yes, my friends finished the full marathon and I cheered them on as they had to endure a grueling hill at the end. What’s up with that? A hill at the end of a run! Nevertheless, they finished strong!
I would be lying if I said I didn’t have my fair share of ups and downs throughout this journey but, fortunately there were and still are more ups!
So, today you are challenged to take a step-in faith and get ready for God to ROCK your world with renewed strength and health. Take control over what has control over you!
God gives us new breath every day.
Therefore, do not worry about yesterday and “do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself”. Matthew 6:34
